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When bestselling UK Homebrew author Andy Hamilton began work on his new book, Brewing Britain, he embarked on a quest to discover whether there could be a perfect pint in the UK. After two years of (arduous) study of hundreds if not thousands of beers from around the country - visiting brewers, testing beer kits and, of course, brewing his own - he found that in fact there were many perfect pints. Buy Brewing Britain and:·Discover lagers that ...

Scarborough, 1880. Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack. As she was growing up, Jeannie always expected to marry Ethan, who is loyal and dependable. But then she meets Harry - a stranger who has come to visit from Hull for the day - and she falls for him. He is ...

Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a Hero of Rome, Valerius is not the man he once was--scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile. And neither is Rome the same city as the one he left. The Emperor Nero grows increasingly paranoid. Those who seek power for themselves whisper darkly in ...

Tuscany offers some of the most spectacular scenery in Europe, and with beautiful villages and villas at every turn, what better way to explore the countryside than on foot? Over 15 months of changing seasons, Rosemary George did just that, visiting myriad wine producers while savoring the local sights. In "Treading Grapes, "each chapter features a walk through a particular wine region, offering learned advice on key estates as well as places ...

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Set in Wexford, Ireland in 1920, during the Irish struggle for independence: Jim Rowe is the newly appointed captain of a company of volunteers set up to combat the arrival of a battalion of Black and Tans under orders to quell any notions of independence among the local population.

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From the outbreak of war in September 1939 all the way to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Palestine, Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day, Nijmegen and the crossing of the Rhine, An Englishman at War is a unique first-person account of the Second World War.

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AD 72. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, known as Vespasian, is Emperor of Rome, but his grip on power grows increasingly fragile as economic disaster threatens. The enormous riches from his Judaean campaigns are all but spent, legions go unpaid, and the yields from Rome's vital Spanish goldfields have fallen dramatically since the civil war.Gaius Valerius Verrens is recently married and building a new home when the summons arrives from the Emperor. ...

Moving country: a synch. Avoiding the law: a breeze. Getting a job: a doddle. Assuming a new identity: now that was the real problem. That is, until I met you. Your skin would fit just fine. I am no parasite, though, and what I take I also give back in return. Whether you like it or not." At 37, 000 feet above the Atlantic, two people meet - and bring each other down to earth. John McCabe's new novel - fast, funny and gripping - demonstrates w...

Explains why the path to Britain's prosperity involves you quitting your job and spending much more time down the pub. This work is a celebration of the British spirit.

Emi and Polly Leto are identical twins with a shared life--until Emi vanishes and Polly is left searching for what she has lost. Now one becomes two, and twindom becomes duplicity as myth and memory merge, forcing Emi and Polly to confront what they thought they knew about themselves and the parents who made them. Behind the twins is their creator, their mother Sarah, a mother without whom there would be no story to be told. From the edgy hear...

Conrad, a famous painter, has decided that it would be a good idea to die before he gets seriously old. Sue, his much younger wife, finds she has plenty of male companions -- ones she tells Conrad all about. Except for one that she somehow doesn't get round to mentioning. . . .

Ossie became the first foreign player to make an impact in the English First Division, paving the way for the modern era of multinational teams. Here, Ossie talks about his life as well as his unique perspective on the world of soccer. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

A County Wexford man pines for a lost love, and remembers the Ireland of the 1920s, when young men carried guns in their pockets, and a new political reality tested the allegiances between family and friends.

Family saga set in Bolton in the tradition of Catherine Cookson and Lyn Andrews.

The war on drugs has been lost, but afraid to face that fact, the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network. From the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan, we are all partners in crime, and this story takes us through the landscape it has created.